The Early Years with Benny Goodman (1941-1943)
Comments: All recording sessions with Benny Goodman were held
in New York City, with the exception of the first two songs, which
were recorded in Chicago.
Elmer's Tune
E. Albrecht / S. Gallop / D. Jurgens
Recorded 8/15/41, Columbia 36359
I See a Million People (But All I Can See Is You)
Carlisle / Sour
Recorded 8/20/41, Columbia 36379
That's the Way It Goes
S. Robin / A. Wilder
Recorded 9/25/41, Columbia 36379
Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
Cole Porter
Recorded 9/25/41, Okeh 6474
I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster
Recorded 10/2/41, Columbia 36721
My Old Flame
Sam Coslow / A. Johnston
Recorded 10/2/41, Columbia 36754
How Deep Is the Ocean?
Irving Berlin
Recorded 10/8/41, Columbia 36754
Shady Lady Bird
Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane
Recorded 10/8/41, Columbia 36429
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
R. Morgan / B. Ellsworth / D. Howard
Recorded 11/13/41, Okeh 6497
Somebody Nobody Loves
S. Miller
Recorded 11/13/41, Okeh 6562
How Long Has This Been Going On?
George and Ira Gershwin
Recorded 11/13/41, Okeh 6544
That Did It, Marie
F. Meadows / I. Higginbotham
Recorded 11/13/41, Okeh 6497
Winter Weather (duet w/ Art Lund)
T. Shapiro
Recorded 11/27/41, Okeh 6516
Everything I Love
Cole Porter
Recorded 11/27/41, Okeh 6516
Not Mine
Johnny Mercer / Victor Schertzinger
Recorded 12/10/41, Columbia 36580
Not a Care in the World
John Latouche / Vernon Duke
Recorded 12/10/41, Columbia CL-523 (LP)
Blues in the Night
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
Recorded 12/24/41, Okeh 6553
Where or When
Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart
Recorded 12/24/41, Okeh 6553
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields
Recorded 12/24/41, Columbia 36617
The Lamp of Memory (Incertidumbre)
Unknown
Recorded 1/15/42, OK 6580
If You Build a Better Mousetrap (duet w/ Art Lund)
Unknown
Recorded 1/15/42, Columbia 36580
My Little Cousin
Unknown
Recorded 2/5/42, Okeh 6606
The Way You Look Tonight
Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields
Recorded 3/10/42, Columbia 36594
I Threw a Kiss in the Ocean
Irving Berlin
Recorded 3/12/42, Okeh 6652
We'll Meet Again
R. Parker / H. Charles
Recorded 3/12/42, Okeh 6644
Full Moon (Noche de Luna)
Russell / Curiel / Odette
Recorded 3/12/42, Okeh 6652
All I Need Is You
Davis / DeRose / Parish
Recorded 3/14/42, Columbia 36617
Why Don't You Do Right?
Joe McCoy
Recorded 7/27/42, Columbia 36652
Peggy and Benny on Radio
Following are Peggy's performances on radio with Benny Goodman
and His Orchestra, which include many songs not released at the
time by Columbia or Okeh. Several of these recordings have been
issued on vinyl by obscurer record labels over the decades; information
on vinyl releases, where available, is provided.
August 24, 1941: NBC sustaining broadcast, Chicago
Daddy
September 11, 1941: Mutual sustaining broadcast
When the Sun Comes Out (LP: Honeysuckle Rose 5004)
September 13, 1941: Matinee at the Meadowbrook, CBS
It's So Peaceful in the Country
September 13 or 20, 1941: Matinee at the Meadowbrook, CBS
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
September 16, 1941: Mutual sustaining broadcast
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (LP: Honeysuckle Rose 5004)
September 17, 1941: CBS sustaining broadcast
I See a Million People
September 20, 1941: Matinee at the Meadowbrook, CBS
It's So Peaceful in the Country
September 27, 1941: Matinee at the Meadowbrook, CBS
That's the Way It Goes
October 4, 1941: Matinee at the Meadowbrook, CBS
Soft As Spring (LP: Sunbeam 158)
October 26, 1941: Fitch Bandwagon, NBC
The Shrine of St. Cecilia (LP: Sunbeam 158)
October 27, 1941: Sustaining broadcast (network unknown)
The Man I Love
I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
November 1, 1941: Mutual sustaining broadcast
That Did It, Marie (LP: Sunbeam 158)
November 7, 1941: Mutual sustaining broadcast
More Than You Know
Why Don't We Do This More Often?
November 13, 1941: Mutual sustaining broadcast
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
November 14, 1941: Spotlight Bands, Mutual
Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
November 22, 1941: CBS sustaining broadcast
Winter Weather (duet w/ Art Lund)
November 29, 1941: Mutual sustaining broadcast
Ev'rything I Love
December 2, 1941: CBS sustaining broadcast
How Long Has This Been Going On?
December 5, 1941: Spotlight Bands, Mutual
Ev'rything I Love
December 6, 1941: Mutual sustaining broadcast
Ev'rything I Love
December 9, 1941: CBS sustaining broadcast
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
November/December 1941: Sustaining broadcasts
Winter Weather (duet w/ Art Lund; CBS)
On the Sunny Side of the Street (Mutual)
January 1, 1942: Spotlight Bands, Mutual
Blues in the Night (LP: Sunbeam 158)
January 20, 1942: CBS sustaining broadcast
Blues in the Night
How Do You Do Without Me?
January 24, 1942: CBS sustaining broadcast
Blues in the Night
February 3, 1942: CBS sustaining broadcast
Somebody Nobody Loves
February 6, 1942: Mutual sustaining broadcast
My Little Cousin
February 14, 1942: CBS sustaining broadcast
Blues in the Night
February 14, 1942: Mutual sustaining broadcast
How Long Has This Been Going On?
February 17, 1942: Sustaining broadcast (network unknown)
Skylark
Ev'rything I Love
March 2, 1942: Spotlight Bands, Mutual
We'll Meet Again
March 5, 1942: Sustaining broadcast (network unknown)
My Little Cousin
The Lamp of Memory (Incertidumbre)
Mandy Is Two
January-March, 1942: CBS sustaining broadcasts
Blues in the Night
Not Mine
Somebody Nobody Loves
That Did It, Marie
May 11, 1942: Sustaining broadcast (network unknown)
We'll Meet Again
October 1942: Sustaining broadcasts (networks unknown)
Blues in the Night
Cow-Cow Boogie
October 19, 1942: CBS sustaining broadcast
Cow-Cow Boogie (LP: Jazz Society AA510)
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition (LP: Jazz Society AA510)
November 12, 1942: CBS sustaining broadcast
Mr. Five By Five
I Had the Craziest Dream
December 3, 1942: Sustaining broadcast (network unknown)
Why Don't You Do Right?
Late-1942/early-1943: Sustaining broadcasts (networks unknown)
Why Don't You Do Right?
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City
That Soldier of Mine
February 13, 1943: Spotlight Bands, Blue Network
As Time Goes By
February 28, 1943: Sustaining broadcast (network unknown)
I Love a Piano
February/March, 1943: Armed Forces Radio Service broadcast
I Don't Believe in Rumors
Why Don't You Do Right? (LP: Swing House 46)
I Love a Piano (LP: Swing House 46)
March 13, 1943: CBS sustaining broadcast
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
March 20, 1943: CBS sustaining broadcast
Slender, Tender and Tall
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